Stevens Institute of Technology has announced Emilio A. Fernandez as this year’s commencement speaker. Fernandez—an entrepreneur, pioneer, and emeritus trustee of the university—will address the Class ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Freedom House Ambulance Service set the standard for emergency medical care, laying the groundwork for the services available today ...

President Trump wants to reframe how the country's stories are told. But historians are pushing back, saying the ...

Washington State University professor William Band bumped into George Duvall, considered the father of American shock wave science, at an industry get-together in Seattle.

The D.C. government announced a half million dollars in grants for local nonprofits to help offset their costs for security. One recipient, the Lillan and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, is having ...

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This long Memorial Day weekend, there are lots of things to do, including the last Washington National Opera show of the ...

He, in turn, sold it to Lapham, his wife Gardiner, and other family members in 2006. Lapham was then a senior fellow with the World Wildlife Fund who was seriously involved in conservation. The ...

Baltimore is great for a weekend getaway or an add-on to a Washington, DC trip. Here are 9+ things to do with kids, including ...